40 year mature conifers also have completely different properties and is subpar for the things oak is great for. A conifer won't work as a mast for example. Fast grown confiers will rot like crazy.

They work well enough for situations where they are protected from the elements, which is why they are used in construction. But an old house made from slow growth, espicially a lot of hardwoods, won't instantly rot when water gets in.

This is why I only use fast-growing, purpose-harvested pine.

This, and the "costs money" part. You either have an entire lumber mill in your garage, or you buy the expensive, pre-milled stuff. There's no way wood furniture is cheap. It's like if they can't sell us the finished furniture, they're going to get their profit from the materials to build it.

Fuck Capitalism, and the billionaires who leech from us.